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' W. JQTHOMPSON. FASTENING DEVICE r03 SOARFS, NEOKTIES, &c. No. 362,334;

Patented May 3, 1887.

WITNESSES:

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- UNITED STATE PATENT OFFIC WILLTAM J. THOMPSON, OF E YORK, N. Y.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR S-CARFS, NECKTIES, etc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,334,:lated1VIay 3, 1887.

Application filed January 20, 1887. Serial No. 224.594. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. THOMPSON,

' a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residbroken away. Fig. 2 is a section in the plane as m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of a modification. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modification. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modification. Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of a modification. Fig. '7 is a rear elevation of a modification.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. h A is ascarf, having a head or knotted portion, D, and a neckband. C. One end of the neckband G is secured to the head D, and the other end of the neckband is free to run or slide back and forth in a channel or way, B. A pin, G, is adapted to-swing about a suitable pivot or-axle, F. The pin G is operated bya handle or finger-piece, E. The pin Gis hooked or curved, as seen in Fig. 2 in dotted out-lines, and said hook G is pointed at its free end.

.When the hook G is in the position indicated in Fig. 2, the point of the hook being out of engagement with the neckband O, the 35 hook G allows the neckband to move in the channel B, sq that the neckband G can be adj usted about the neck of thewearer. In this position the neckband glides over the rounded portion or back of the hook. When the neckband has been adjusted in the position required, the hook G can be made to engage the band 0 by moving or swinging the handle E in the direction of arrow 1, Fig. 2, through an arc of ninety or one hundred and eighty degrees, and then moving the handle E back again to the position indicated in Fig. 2. This movement of the handle E is communicated to the hook G, and causes the hook to engage or pierce the neckband and prevent the with drawal of the neckband from the channel B.

This movement of the hookG, as is readily seen, also tends to take up the slack of the neckband and to fix the neckband firmly about the neck of the wearer.

To withdraw the neckband C from the channel B, the handle E is moved in the direction of arrow 1, Fig. 2, through an arc of one hundred and eighty degrees, whereby the hook G is brought into such position that the band C can be drawn out of the channel B or move back and forth in the channel B.

In the example shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the handle E, axle F, and point or hook G are formed in one piece or firmly connected, so as to move together.

In the example shown in Fig. 3 the handle E, axle F, and hook G are firmly connected or formed in one piece, and the axle F is provided with a shoulder, J, bearing against a spring,.I. The spring I is supported by suitable means, such as a plate, H, and the spring I tends to keep the hook G-in the'position indicated in Fig. 3that is, in the'position in which the hook G will retain a strap or band which the hook G has engaged or pierced. The spring-plate H can be suitably secured to the scarf or other article.

In the example shown in Fig. 4 the hook G and handle E are firmly connected or formed 7 in one piece, and said hook and handle are The axle F, as shown in Fig. 4, may remain stationary while the handle E and hook Gare being moved.

In the examples shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 the hooks G, axles F, and handles E are firmly connected or formed in one piece, so as to move together. In Fig. 5 the handleE and hook G are situated at or near the sameside or extremity of the axle F. In Fig. 6 the handle E and hook G are situated at or near opposite sides or extremities of the axle F. In Fig. 7 the 'fastening device is provided with a shoulder,

J, adapted to engage a flap or tongue, K, on the scarf, whereby the fastening device can be held with the hook G in its fastening or engaging position. In Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 the handles E are shown in the form of loops or eyes, which can be readily and easily grasped and held, and the rounded or smooth form of too the loops or eyes prevent the handles E from catching into or tearing any part of the apparel or dress of the wearer.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by 5 Letters Patent, is-

1. A fastening device consisting of the swing ing handle E, the axle or pivot Ffor said handle, and the pointed hook G, for engaging and disengaging the band of a scarf, substantially [0 as described.

2. A fastening device consisting of the handle E, swinging in the arc of acircle, the axle or pivot F for said handle, having the bend J,

WILLIAM J. THOMPSON. [n s.]

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, A. FABER DU FAUR, Jr. 

